Evidence of Spring

 

Throughout the day, my inner voice whispered.... take a walk, look for morels. They were beckoning.

I wandered the places where in past years I found one here, one there..... nope. Then a wee village of morels appeared before me. Imagine my delight. Just enough to add a kiss to dinner.

Did I hear them calling, absolutely. Did I also know that the earth has finally warmed to a temperature that they like to fruit and that spring is their season, yes to this also.

Does this all feel like magic, indeed it is. The magic of listening with heart and spirit, no different than listening to a friend tell their tale.

Instincts and intuition enrich life in an intimate way.

Listen to and honor your inner whispers. 

Spring flowers are bringing heartfelt joy,

the lovely pasque:
 

 

Sweet yellow bells:

 

Always an awe filled delight to see the Great gray owl:
 

 

We love our trilliums, I love how there is a light area where the stem of the flower rises from the leaves, it catches my eye:

Spring is more obvious daily

inspiring hope, delight and awe.

I hope this finds you enjoying the details of new life as I am. 

Lovely spring to you!

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Glimpses of Early Spring, NW Montana

I have gotten to see the great gray owls a few times

one day there were two together!

(one hunting and one in a nearby tree)

the tiny world of lichen

looks big with my macro lens

Spring Beauties.....

an early spring flower

a tiny pool where fairies bathe:

found a few yellowbells on a cloudy day:

extra petals on this buttercup:

Last summer into autumn, someone made lacy pattern on all the alder tree's leaves.

The other day I found these tiny iridescent blue beetles on the wheelbarrow handles. 

Looking them up, I found their larvae eat alder leaves. 

Alder flea beetles:

spring is a fun time to explore

the tiny beginnings of new and continued life

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Blessed Equinox to You!

as the sun nearly kissed the evening horizon

i saw it perched

listening into the shoulder high grass meadow

waiting on dinner

(30 seconds) 

the seasons changed quite fast

one day 

after months of hot days

the air was more refined, the heat gone, night's even colder

the colors have begun

we are off to a colorful beginning to a new season!

 Kokanee salmon spawn up the creeks now

so many fish this year: 

swimming/spawning:

(13 seconds)

sometimes it rains

and 

cottonwood seed wool captures the drops beautifully:

such an amazing season

these skies

these colors

Lovely Equinox to you

be it Autumn or Spring

Blessed Mabon

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Though today is officially autumn

it has been feeling like and looking like autumn  

for weeks now.

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Owl Visit

The sound of squirrels warning the forest of danger. 

I looked up to see a Great Gray Owl glide over the pond to land on a stump. 

Sitting, looking around then hopped to the ground. 

Ripples danced through the ponds surface as the owl took a morning bath in shallow water. 

Then hopped back up on the stump, shaking this way and that. 

Lifting into the air, silently landing on a limb. 

Watch the video as it shakes and dries from it's bath. Then breaks a branch that is in it's way. In the smoky morning air (see golden smoky light on it's back).

  I got to sit and watch for 45 min. As this owl was in no rush to leave. 

it knew I was there

but 

did not seem to care

flying further away

down to the earth near a creek

for a drink

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It is super smoky these days

so many wildfires

the owl was a wonderful experience 

among our hard to breath days

 a glimpse:

and

I am hearing that the fires will not be out

until

the snow falls

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Autumn is Dancing with Summer

watery eye candy

the spirit of autumn breathed on a summer leaf and look what happened

music to my ears and eyes

a couple weeks ago.... just a tinge of gold in the woodland

another glimpse of Many Glacier

a visitor at my pond

along a tiny brook

high mountain flowers

traveled over the mountains

a long dirt road

and 

came upon a black bear

~

a bit of this

a bit of that

summer leans into autumn

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Montana Spring

Color

the world is dressed in color

and light

color and magical light

I wish I could photograph the scents of the forest for you:

thick, sweet, spirit altering 

mix of 

trees flowers earth

some plants are fruiting

some are just beginning to rise through the earth

I sat close to this owl at sunset the other night

until it spotted it's meal and dove into the grassy meadow

this scene is So Montana!

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Great Gray Owl

the light of the setting sun

beckoned

then presented 

the glorious great gray

who was hunting

and silently swooped to the earth 

capturing dinner

flew to another area

to hunt some more

how wonderful

the owl let me photograph it

take to heart it's artful ways

of 

being

an owl

in the setting suns light

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Great Grey Owl for Halloween

walking through the woods
feeling the soft give to the forest floor
even though it snowed 4 inches last night

looked up to watch snow plopping from trees above

there you were
a great grey owl
looking into my eyes

a calm majestic being
sitting at the meadow's edge
listening
watching
waiting

so perfect for Halloween
and
Samhain

lovely celebrations to one and all  

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